Propolis is a resinous mixture, made by the honeybees from substances collected from tree
or other plant buds, plant exudates, or resins found in the stem, branches, or leaves of …

Severe natural disturbances are common in many forest ecosystems, particularly in the
Northern Hemisphere. Attempts to minimize their effects through forest management include …

In Europe, two commercially important treelike birch species occur naturally: silver birch
(Betula pendula Roth) and downy birch (Betula pubescens Ehrh.). Both species have a wide …

In this work, bio-based hydrogel composites of xanthan gum and cellulose fibers were
developed to be used both as soil conditioners and topsoil covers, to promote plant growth …

Disturbances in forests can kill mature trees, but also create the conditions necessary for the
establishment of new tree cohorts and create micro-habitats for new plant and animal …

We studied patterns of tree regeneration in relation to canopy structure in a 1-ha plot
damaged by an intermediate windstorm in 1983 and a 1-ha control plot regulated by small …

Aim Climate change is known to be a driver of changes in forest plant communities and to
modify disturbance regimes. We investigated whether forest gaps favoured vegetation …

The two storms Vivian (1990) and Lothar (1999) left an area of roughly 9000 ha of fully
damaged protection forests in Swiss mountain regions. Given this huge dimension …

Windstorms are considered the main disturbing abiotic agent in European forests. They
affect a multiplicity of forest-related dimensions, such as forest ecology, forest operations …

Balsam poplar and black poplar (Populus balsamifera L. and Populus nigra L.) buds that
grow in Lithuania are the primary source of propolis, therefore it is proper to evaluate and …